'Gig' economy all right for some as up to 30% work this way

The "gig economy" suits Hannah Jones.
"I'm studying, so I can work when I want and for how long I want to. There aren't really any downsides for me at the moment," she says.
Hannah works for Deliveroo, one of the best-known companies in the business thanks to protests by drivers in the summer against proposed changes to the way they are paid.
She is part of a growing army of such workers.
According to new research by global consultants McKinsey, the popular concept of work as a traditional nine-to-five job with a single employer bears little resemblance to the way in... read more

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